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Item Twelve years a slave(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Abdullah KhanThe research paper focuses on the subjects of slavery, violence and bondage faced by men of color (especially men of black color) during the American Civil war within the perspective of “Twelve Years a Slave”, an 1853 slave narrative by Solomon Northup and revised by David Wilson. The author's personal life as a free black man from the North, captured and forced into bondage in the pre-Civil War South is told in Solomon Northup's novel Twelve Years a Slave. Twelve Years a Slave is a symbolic condemnation of "chattel slavery," or human bondage. Northup's account of the atrocities he suffered—and those he was compelled to inflict—serves as a reminder to future generations about the moral consequences of bondage. The aims of this research paper is to explore the key themes of Slavery and its different types in the light of the African American Community. The objective of this paper is to explore the above-mentioned themes with respect to John DeGruy Theory of Posttraumatic slavery syndrome. Theoretical structure of the paper is grounded on John DeGruy theory of “Posttraumatic slavery syndrome (PTSS)”. Post-traumatic slave syndrome (PTSS) is defined as "a condition that exists when a population has experienced trauma over several generations as a result of centuries of slavery and is still experiencing institutionalized oppression and racism today." This research addresses the physical, mental, and socio-emotional effects of institutionalized oppression faced by the African Americans over the course of extended KHAN 7 period of time till the present day explored in the light of PTSS theoretical framework .This study is qualitative in nature, with a focus on the memoir Twelve Years a Slave, which serves as our primary source. This paper is purely theoretical, with concrete data to back it up.